{"id":1403,"date":"2010-09-18T04:44:19","date_gmt":"2010-09-18T08:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kurn.apotheosis-now.com\/?p=1403"},"modified":"2010-09-18T04:44:19","modified_gmt":"2010-09-18T08:44:19","slug":"cataclysm-beta-build-12984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kurn.info\/blog\/cataclysm-beta-build-12984\/","title":{"rendered":"Cataclysm Beta Build 12984"},"content":{"rendered":"

MMO-Champion is reporting new beta build changes<\/a>, indicating that a new build is around the corner.<\/p>\n

Holy changes are being reported as follows:<\/p>\n

* Holy Light base healing has been reduced by 25%. Mana costs changed to 9% of base mana, up from 6% of base mana.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wait, so you’re taking the one heal that’s got a cast time that we can use a lot, even though we don’t usually, because it’s so weak, and you’re making it weaker<\/strong>? AND<\/strong> more expensive?<\/p>\n

* Light of Dawn base healing has been increased by 10%. Can no longer consume Holy Power to increase healing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ll have to see what these numbers are like without charges of Holy Power. I’m thinking instead of around 4-4.5k for 3 charges, we’ll be lucky to see 3.5-4k.<\/p>\n

* Improved Concentration Aura is gone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s okay. They’re making all spell pushback base 70% resist. Regular Concentration Aura is fine.<\/p>\n

* Daybreak now has a 10\/20% chance to make your next Holy Shock not trigger a cooldown if used within 12 sec. (Old – 15\/30% chance to reset Holy Shock’s cooldown)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I liked the first iteration of Daybreak, but this allows for two Holy Shocks in a row. We’ll be even more dependant on Holy Shock with a weaker Holy Light.<\/p>\n

* Spiritual Focus (Tier 5) *New* – Grants hit rating equal to 50\/100% of any Spirit gained from items or effects.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well, that’s good. Yay for our judgements hitting.<\/p>\n

Then in prot tree news, this:<\/p>\n

* Guardian’s Favor is now a Tier 2 Retribution talent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That makes it easily accessible to holy paladins for a reduced CD on Hand of Protection. I’ve always loved my shorter BOP cooldown, so this may fight for points.<\/p>\n

However, it should be noted that Eternal Glory will be gone from ret and dropped into Tier 1 of the prot tree.<\/p>\n

This means we’re looking at 31\/2\/8 as our ideal build for PVE healing, where we make a choice between Rule of Law (extra 5\/10\/15% crit to Crusader Strike, Holy Shock, Word of Glory) and Guardian’s Favor.<\/p>\n

Note that this hasn’t been released on the beta yet and this is just what I’ve gleaned from reading MMO-Champion, but… Well, I’ll keep you posted on how healing is once this has launched.<\/p>\n

This is probably a kneejerk reaction, but basically, I just want to say “So really, what do you want me to heal with going forward?” because that’s kind of how I feel right now. They have just augmented our absolute dependency on Holy Shock by weakening Holy Light and by changing Daybreak, which will allow two Holy Shocks in a row.<\/p>\n

It feels very much like I have two spells:<\/p>\n

1) Holy Shock: Instant-cast heal with a cooldown. Creates charges of Holy Power.<\/p>\n

2) Word of Glory: Instant-cast heal with no cooldown, but dependent on charges of Holy Power.<\/p>\n

And that’s it. That’s how it *feels*. I haven’t played much yet in instances and not at all with this build. But I’ll keep you posted.<\/p>\n

Please feel free to ask me questions and I’ll do my best to respond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MMO-Champion is reporting new beta build changes, indicating that a new build is around the corner. Holy changes are being reported as follows: * Holy Light base healing has been reduced by 25%. Mana costs changed to 9% of base mana, up from 6% of base mana. Wait, so you’re taking the one heal that’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,70,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beta","category-cataclysm","category-paladins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kurn.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kurn.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kurn.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kurn.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kurn.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kurn.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kurn.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kurn.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kurn.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}